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An IP address is the logical address of a network adapter. The IP address
uniquely identifies computers on a network. An IP address can be private,
for use on a LAN, or public, for use on the Internet or other WAN. IP
addresses can be determined statically (assigned to a computer by a system
administrator) or dynamically (assigned by another device on the network on
demand).
IP addresses consist of four bytes (32 bits). Each byte of an IP address is
known as an octet. Octets can take any value between 0 and 255, but various
rules exist for ensuring IP addresses are valid. Also Known As: network
address
MAC ADDRESS - A unique 128-bit address of a network card or device. The
first part of the address is unique to the company that produced the device,
and beyond that it is a sequence of digits unique to a single device
manufactured by a company
"Pinto1uk" <Pinto1uk@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:87381E85-9470-4323-9FF1-FAD486D1D2A2@microsoft.com...
> Hi, do internet users get assigned a unique ip address everytime you
connect
> to the internet?
>
> and what is the difference between a ip address and a mac address?
different
> types of a networks?
>
> regards